Part I. Political eros: an account from the Symposium -- Statesmanship and sexuality in Aristophanes' speech -- Law and nature in Aristophanes' speech -- Part II. The discourse of political eros -- Scientific and poetic traditions of eros in Thucydides -- Problem of aggression -- Problem of sublimation -- Part III. The Polis as a school for eros -- Civic nudity -- Patriotism and imperialism as eros
Summary
Eros and Polis examines how and why Greek theorists treated political passions as erotic that would bind the citizens together through ties of mutual affection. In this study, Paul Ludwig evaluates sexuality, love, and civic friendship as sources of political attachment, and as bonds of political association
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-392) and index
